Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will return to North Korea next week for a new round of negotiations to dismantle dictator Kim Jong Un’s nuclear weapons program, he announced Thursday, and he’ll be bringing a new diplomat devoted to the talks.

Pompeo tapped Steve Beguin, the vice president of international affairs for Ford Motor Co., as the special representative for North Korea. The position has been vacant since the retirement of Ambassador Joseph Yun in February, while Pompeo has played the leading role in talks with the Kim regime.